Babiná

Babiná
Bábaszék
Babiná Bábaszék
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 48°26′N 19°06′E / 48.43°N 19.10°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Banská Bystrica Region
District	Zvolen District
First mentioned	1254
Area
• Total	22.17 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation	418 m (1,371 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	534
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	962 64
Area code	+421 45
Car plate	ZV
Website	www.babina.sk

Babiná (German: Frauenstuhl; Hungarian: Bábaszék) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia

History

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1254. In 1270 German colonists settled here. It belonged to Dobrá Niva. in the 16th century it had to pay tributes to Turks. In the 17th century, it belonged to the Esterházy family. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Babiná was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).

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